μικρός
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyg-, *(s)mēyg- (“small, thin, delicate”), thereby cognate with e.g. Old English smicor (“beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, tasteful”), whence modern English smicker; compare also German mickrig. However this etymology leaves the /k/ of the Greek forms unexplained.
Beekes argues for Pre-Greek origin on the basis of variation between initial /m/ and /sm/, as well as the variant forms μικός (mikós) and μικκός (mikkós).[1]
μῑκρός • (mīkrós) m (feminine μῑκρᾱ́, neuter μῑκρόν); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | μῑκρός mīkrós |
μῑκρᾱ́ mīkrā́ |
μῑκρόν mīkrón |
μῑκρώ mīkrṓ |
μῑκρᾱ́ mīkrā́ |
μῑκρώ mīkrṓ |
μῑκροί mīkroí |
μῑκραί mīkraí |
μῑκρᾰ́ mīkrắ | |||||
Genitive | μῑκροῦ mīkroû |
μῑκρᾶς mīkrâs |
μῑκροῦ mīkroû |
μῑκροῖν mīkroîn |
μῑκραῖν mīkraîn |
μῑκροῖν mīkroîn |
μῑκρῶν mīkrôn |
μῑκρῶν mīkrôn |
μῑκρῶν mīkrôn | |||||
Dative | μῑκρῷ mīkrôi |
μῑκρᾷ mīkrâi |
μῑκρῷ mīkrôi |
μῑκροῖν mīkroîn |
μῑκραῖν mīkraîn |
μῑκροῖν mīkroîn |
μῑκροῖς mīkroîs |
μῑκραῖς mīkraîs |
μῑκροῖς mīkroîs | |||||
Accusative | μῑκρόν mīkrón |
μῑκρᾱ́ν mīkrā́n |
μῑκρόν mīkrón |
μῑκρώ mīkrṓ |
μῑκρᾱ́ mīkrā́ |
μῑκρώ mīkrṓ |
μῑκρούς mīkroús |
μῑκρᾱ́ς mīkrā́s |
μῑκρᾰ́ mīkrắ | |||||
Vocative | μῑκρέ mīkré |
μῑκρᾱ́ mīkrā́ |
μῑκρόν mīkrón |
μῑκρώ mīkrṓ |
μῑκρᾱ́ mīkrā́ |
μῑκρώ mīkrṓ |
μῑκροί mīkroí |
μῑκραί mīkraí |
μῑκρᾰ́ mīkrắ | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μῑκρῶς mīkrôs |
μῑκρότερος / ἐλάσσων / μείων mīkróteros / elássōn / meíōn |
μῑκρότᾰτος / ἐλάχιστος / μεῖστος mīkrótătos / elákhistos / meîstos | ||||||||||||
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